Washington’s governor says he is imposing the administration-wide ban after the passage of a new law that critics say has the potential to discriminate against gays and lesbians and others based on religious beliefs.

Haitian-born American writer Edwidge Danticat will speak Tuesday at the University of Puget Sound on “creating dangerously.” The New York Times once proclaimed the then-25-year-old a culture-changer, Now, at 46, she has a string of ...